#102: Beach Books for the Jaded and Depressed

This week's episode starts with a question from a listener about how translation trends come about, then morphs into a discussion of which books Chad and Tom are bringing on their respective vacations and what makes a "beach book." Rants are raves are random as always. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email us at [email protected] As always you can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes "right here":http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/three-percent-podcast/id434696686. Or just copy this link to add our show's feed to any podcast app:http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?s=broadcast_3p And here's the enormous list of books and authors discussed in this episode, pretty much in order of appearance: Steig LarssonJo NesboRoberto BolañoJavier MariasW. G. SebaldElena FerranteCarlos Ruiz Zafon, Shadow of the WindThe Da Vinci CodeSantiago RoncaglioloGabriel García MarquezAndres NeumanCamilla LackbergRafael Chirbes, On the EdgeHard Case CrimeLawrence BlockEmmanuel Carrere, I Am Alive and You Are DeadLawrence Sutin, Divine InvasionsEnrique Vila-Matas, The Illogic of KasselPascal Garnier, Moon in a Dead EyeVirginie DespentesMarguerite Duras, Moderato Cantible and Abahn Sabana DavidPierre Lemaitre, The Great SwindleLaurie Weeks, Zipper MouthDeborah Levy, Swimming Home and Billy and GirlDavid Peace, 1980 and GB84Derek RaymondMichel Houellebecq, SubmissionBei Tong, Beijing ComradesViolette Leduc, Therese and Isabelle  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit threepercentproblem.substack.com